Labor & Industries Auditor 4 pay range
State of Washington · class code 152Q
- Class code
- 152Q
- Salary range
- 55
- Pay unit
- Year
- State
- Washington
- The State of Washington published pay range for Labor & Industries Auditor 4 is $62,880 to $84,528 per year.
- Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) keys this classification as class code 152Q.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Step progression
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) assigns this class to salary range 55 in the General Service Salary Schedule. The range pays 13 steps; a step is normally earned on a periodic increment date, not negotiated.
| Basis | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $62,880 | $64,512 | $66,072 | $67,704 | $69,348 | $71,136 | $72,900 | $74,748 | $76,608 | $78,504 | $80,496 | $82,440 | $84,528 |
| Monthly | $5,240 | $5,376 | $5,506 | $5,642 | $5,779 | $5,928 | $6,075 | $6,229 | $6,384 | $6,542 | $6,708 | $6,870 | $7,044 |
| Hourly | $30.11 | $30.90 | $31.64 | $32.43 | $33.21 | $34.07 | $34.91 | $35.80 | $36.69 | $37.60 | $38.55 | $39.48 | $40.48 |
Steps as published. The monthly and hourly rows are the state's own, not conversions of the annual row.
Class specification
The OFM classified job specification for this class is published by Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM). The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications.
What the state says the job is
This is a senior level of this class series. Auditors at this level serve as a lead worker/or trainer. OR Serves as a fraud auditor within a region, responsible for providing training and consultation to lower level auditors. OR Works on specialized industry initiatives, such as the logger safety program, underground fraud, etc. OR Serves as a detection auditor in the Detection Unit, screening, analyzing, and identifying audit referrals. OR Serves in the Contract Release Unit, responsible for reviewing public works projects and verifying appropriate premiums are paid. OR Works in the Provider Fraud Unit as a provider fraud specialist auditing medical, vocational and other providers to identify patterns of wrongful billing.
Examples of the work
Acts as a lead auditor; Performs audits, examines business’s financial records, contracts, systems accounting procedures and conducts appropriate interviews with management, staff and contractors to determine compliance with industrial insurance laws, rules, and regulations; analyzes contracts to determine job size and work type to convert dollars into labor; Independently and in conjunction with the investigation program, completes complex employer criminal audit cases.
Minimum qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree that includes at least 20 semester or 30 quarter hours in accounting (may include credits from one (1) Finance class or one (1) Business Law class AND Three (3) years of professional accounting or auditing experience. OR Successful completion of the Labor and Industries Auditor Training Program. OR Equivalent education/experience will be considered but must include at least 20 semester or 30 quarter hours in accounting (may include credits from one (1) Finance class or one (1) Business Law class). Equivalent education/experience.
Quoted from the OFM classified job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Washington State Office of Financial Management (OFM) publishes this figure in Classified Job Listing joined to the OFM salary schedules effective July 1, 2026. Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The dollar figures come from the salary schedule the listing assigns this range to.